Chris Landrum
| No. 46 San Diego Chargers | |||||
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||
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| Date of birth: | September 14, 1992 | ||||
| Place of birth: | Meridian, Mississippi | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Sweet Water (AL) | ||||
| College: | Jacksonville State | ||||
| Undrafted: | 2016 | ||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 12, 2016 | |||||
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Christopher Lewis Landrum, Sr. (born September 14, 1992) is an American football linebacker for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Auburn before transferring to Jacksonville State. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Chargers after the 2016 NFL Draft.
High school career
Landrum attended Sweet Water High School. In 2009, as junior, he recorded 68 tackles and 12 sacks on defense and 974 rushing yards on offense. As a senior, he helped lead his team to the 2010 state championship and was named the state championship game's Most Valuable Player (MVP), a game in which he recorded seven tackles and a fumble recovery on defense and an eight-yard rushing touchdown on offense. He was named to the All-Southeast Regional team by PrepStar. He was isted as the 10th overall recruit from Alabama by SuperPrep, 13th on the Birmingham News' list of the Alabama Super Senior, 17th overall on on the Mobile Press-Register's Elite 18, 22nd overall at outside linebacker in the nation and 11th player overall in the state of Alabama by Scout.com, 48th overall outside linebacker in the nation and 19th player overall in Alabama by Rivals.com, and 105th overall outside linebacker in the nation by ESPN.com and Scouts, Inc.[1]
College career
Auburn
Landrum originally attended Auburn University. In 2011, he redshirt as a true freshman. In 2012, he appeared in one game.[1]
Jacksonville State
He then transferred to Jacksonville State University (JSU). In 2013, as a sophomore, he appeared in 15 games (11 starts). He recorded 38 tackles, 11 tackles-for-loss, four sacks, four quarterback hurries and one pass defensed. He was named to the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) All-Newcomer team. As a junior in 2014, he started all 12 games. He recorded 3.5 sacks and 9.5 tackles-for-loss. He was named to the Second-team All-Ohio Valley Conference team.[1] In 2015, as a senior, he tied the school record with 19 tackles-for-loss and was named an All-American and First-tam All-Ohio Valley Conference.[2]
He earned his degree in human resource management at Jacksonville State and began working on his Masters degree in sports management.[1]
Professional career
| Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||||
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| 6 ft 2 in | 245 lb | 4.79 s | 1.65 s | 2.68 s | 4.62 s | 7.29 s | 31 in | 9 ft 5 in | 17 reps | ||||||||||
| All values from Jacksonville State Pro day.[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
After going undrafted in the 2016 NFL Draft, Landrum signed with the San Diego Chargers.[2][4] He was cut during final cuts on September 4.[4] Two days later on September 6, he was signed to the Chargers practice squad.[4] On October 22, he was promoted to the Chargers active roster.[4]
Personal life
Landrum is the son of Roosevelt and Jaqueline Landrum. He has three brothers, Deshawn, Laderius and Jayden, and one sister, Andrea Landrum. He is married to Bria Landrum and has a son, Christopher Landrum, Jr.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "JSU Athletics - Chris Landrum". JSUGameocksSports.com. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- 1 2 "Chris Landrum". Chargers.com. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Chris Landrum, DS #55 DE, Jacksonville State". NFLDraftScout.com. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Chris Landrum Transactions". FoxSports.com. Retrieved November 4, 2016.